Bush Is Worse Than a Lame Duck

By News Dude,  Newser Staff
Posted Mar 27, 2007 10:04 AM CDT
Bush Is Worse Than a Lame Duck
President Bush, foreground, left, plugs a power cord into a Ford Vehicle as Ford Motor Company President and Chief Executive Officer Alan Mullay, right, looks on during a demonstration of Alternative Fuel Vehicles on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 26, 2007. Behind...   (Associated Press)

The FT catalogs a litany of the obstacles for President Bush achieving anything meaningful in his last 22 months in office. At the core of it all is the Iraq war, which has reduced Bush’s popularity to the point where he has no more political capital to spend.

Compounding this are huge domestic mistakes, ranging from the poor treatment of soldiers at Walter Reed hospital to the unusual terminations of Republican U.S. Attorneys. The author then turns to review the Democratic Congress’ efforts to check and balance the executive branch, an art lost for the past six years. (More Bush administration stories.)

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